A publicly known critic of NPP leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Arthur Kennedy, fears the former’s alleged complexity in the GNPC drill ship sale, may be enough propaganda tool for the ruling NDC ahead of the 2016 elections.
Arthur Kennedy, who has suggested that the findings were more moral than legal said:
“That report, in the hands of the NDC propaganda apparatus, would blow a very wide hole in Nana Ado’s pretensions to incorruptibility. Every villager and street urchin in Ghana would hear of how Nana Addo willfully colluded with others to make Ghana pay 19.5 million USD instead of 14 million USD and thus caused “FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE,” he said in a new piece on the subject.
“They will then add the NPP’s government’s inability to account for the difference between the money realized from the sale of the drillship and what was paid in the lawsuit. And they will blame Nana Akufo-Addo, fairly or unfairly, for all of these.
“If the NDC succeeds in doing this, they will effectively take corruption off the table for the 2016 election.
“This battle must be won, not in the law courts or through legalisms, but in the court of public opinion. Relying on the legal luminaries to present complicated and esoteric arguments will not work.
“This will require Nana to present his case, in person, guided by the commonsense of practical men and women, rather than the brilliance of legal luminaries. At this time, Nana and the NPP must be wary of those whose mantra is “Let’s go to court”. We have gone to court enough. Let’s take this case to the people. Let’s stay on the right side of the corruption issue because it is the side of the angles and the people.”
The Judgement Debt CXommission is accusing Akufo-Addo of causing financial loss to the state.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
